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Blog Entry 46 of 87 Wrongmont
These are the Longmont stories you may have missed in the local paper, if they ran them at all. I will expand on what was either glossed over or totally ignored - but still may be of interest to you. I encourage citizens to be aware of their local, state, and federal government and to speak up and hold their representatives accountable for their actions - good, bad, or otherwise.

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600% Can’t Be Wrong

Article Contributed on: 1/9/2008 12:52:21 AM

I hate being misquoted, so in the interest of fairness I'll include every word of councilmember Sean McCoy's Lifebridge comments on 1/8/08.

"Umm yeah, last lastly I'd like to point out is a uh couple things that were kind of misleading in in the press here as of recently and uh one in particular was uh uh the uh Union vote. Uh myself uh uh Councilmember Hansen, Coucilmember Levinson uh not one of us voted on that to uh uh uh much the chagrin of uh some of those that weren't keeping track of current affairs. But uh that's uh a real issue that I feel is uh kinda sad that uh uh people are suggesting that uh by the very fact of uh some of us getting on here in council that that drove them away. I think what drove them away is uh their own uh information that they gathered and the fact that six thousand voters got in and uh signed petitions and uh were going to send them a clear message.
If you do any statistical analysis or data collection you'll find out if they do a thousand uh polls and they come up with six hundred uh people in support of something that's about sixty percent on about a hundred thousand people and often times that gives you a pretty decent uh uh idea of where people are at. We technically under our last census have eighty one thousand people here in Longmont and six thousand signed that that's six hundred percent of the people. That was the reason why they chose to go elsewhere. So I would like that to be perfectly clear and also I'd like that to be pointed out in our uh communication to the uh uh public using our public forums so that people understand that I didn't vote on that and I don't believe these other members did either."

A quick tip: people are bound to remember the very issue that pretty much propelled you and your pals into office. That, and the election party pictures in the Times-Call of all of you and the leaders of the anti-annexation petition. Now, why would ANYONE think you or any new member of council was against the Lifebridge annexation? A quick Google search also brought up:

Meet city council candidate Sean McCoy
YourHub.Com Longmont
Boulder Daily Camera Q&A - Sean McCoy
" The SouthwesternWeldCountyUnion, LifeBridge annexation, is another prime example of the current city council's failure to identify good residential and commercial development that shows an exceptional benefit to the city. A change is need on council and I what to be that change. So as a future city council member I see the overturning of the Union Life Bridge annexation as a good thing and have supported the individuals working on bring transparency to Longmont's government and their commitment to community based decision making back to council. "

Rocky Mountain News
"In the three City Council races, the three candidates on record opposing the LifeBridge annexation appeared on their way to winning seats. "

Rocky Mountain News
"Also, city council candidates Sean McCoy, Sarah Levison and Brian Richard Hansen have said publicly that they oppose the annexation."

The Agenda
" I stand by my statement that the previous CC showed disregard for the people of Longmont who wanted that land to remain open space."

Can fool some of the people some of the time.

©2008 Chris Rodriguez/Wrongmont.Com
(Chris Rodriguez is a Longmont resident, and the editor and publisher of Wrongmont.Com, a community website that raises local issues to increase public awareness and interest)

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Duane Leise wrote on 1/23/2008 @ 1:37:54 PM

Thought so. Offer still stands.
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Chris Rodriguez wrote on 1/23/2008 @ 11:54:16 AM

pass
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Duane Leise wrote on 1/21/2008 @ 11:22:45 PM

Sorry Chris, I did not start out thinking anything but good things for the other side. Skeptical? Yes. That was over 5 years ago now when this all started. They showed me up close and personal who they are. It was shown to me when no one was watching. I've been called anti-Christian because I oppose these folks. There is a huge difference between not being a Christian and being anti-Christian. True Christianity is good but there is more. You and others say that as long as I'm inside of some box I have permission to oppose. However, I'm not supposed to oppose if I live in the area or if I've had personal experience with these folks. Say what? Sorry, but I am who I am and I will remain. You've got this way wrong. Believe me. ------ Ya want to sit down to a cup of coffee? Absolutely, I'm on for it.
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Chris Rodriguez wrote on 1/21/2008 @ 11:14:18 AM

Bottom line: this development or annexation doesn't affect me either way. I read statements from LB's side and your side, I chose which side I bought more. You and some others though are WAY too close and possibly personally affected and in my opinion it clouds your judgement in how you approach it. YOU've turned it into an "us vs them", "good vs evil", and I saw the nastiness begin on YOUR side long before most of us weighed in. In the long run you may get your way, but you should reassess how you got there. And I'm not buying this redirect now with the over-emotional play and this newfound love of your fellow man, and peace and spirit or whatever else being shoveled. Let's face it, some of you couldnt keep the fight clean and now can't handle the backlash or counterarguments. "Money-control-power" exactly, but you got the sides wrong.
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Duane Leise wrote on 1/21/2008 @ 4:48:18 AM

Yes, this is sad. No reaching out. It is not for me that I did what I have done. Go ahead kick until I become hardened.
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Chris Rodriguez wrote on 1/20/2008 @ 9:52:22 PM

So a huge case of NIMBYism, is that it? Looking out for your own personal interests? And now you're saying you're not even a City Of Longmont resident? A vote was held on your so-called "city", it lost. Now you killed the annexation and LB can go forward with probably looser standards than Longmont required. YOU should STOP, you're doing yourself NO favors whatsoever. I have more empathy than you realize, and I can see bad tactics and planning when I see it, but you just keep on listening to yourselves - doing alot of good so far. So the people who call BS on you are from "the pits of hell"? I don't have to play nice with people that say that to me, so go make your own blog and get lost. You're sad.
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Duane Leise wrote on 1/20/2008 @ 6:19:43 AM

I live in the development immediately to the east of the proposed Union Annexation. My neighbors and I talked to LifeBridge. A 5k-car parking lot was positioned at the top of my street - Pearl Howlett. THE ONLY STRAIGHT STREET IN THE DEVELOPMENT. Pearl Howlett is also a parkway with a large median, which could be easily converted to a 4 lane street. LifeBridge made NO concessions until forced. No one cried for us. No one came to our defense. So we tried to start a town to protect our streets. We were vilified for this. Kids were at stake!!! LifeBridge would create connector street to 5k-car parking lot thru family housing. All of you - what motivates you to do what you are doing? You denigrate and twist -- you give no benefit of the doubt - you play gotcha. Go away - go back to the pits of hell that you came from. THINK!! have some empathy -- there is more to life than money-control-power. For me it comes down to people. You are the highest gift in my reality. Please stop this. please.
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Bing Van Gorden wrote on 1/12/2008 @ 12:04:39 PM

"I'm not sure McCoy misspoke...." David, we can all agree this 600% business simply doesn't make sense. We can assume two things, he meant it and was trying to dazzle us with numbers so we wouldn't notice he wasn't saying anything real, or he simply meant something else. What's more logical? This is really something petty to point out and try and make him like he has a sinister purpose. It doesn't appear he was trying to fool anyone. The quotes provided only back up their opposition, not that they voted on it and that was the issue McCoy was disputing.
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Kaye Fissinger wrote on 1/11/2008 @ 6:48:49 PM

I worked on the campaign to gather signatures for the Referendum to Repeal the LifeBridge Annexation. I know who helped on that campaign. NONE, I repeat, NONE of the councilmembers were a "driving force" in this effort. It was completely and totally grassroots because the Gang of Six made up their minds to annex years ago.
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Chris Rodriguez wrote on 1/10/2008 @ 10:43:54 AM

I don't care much about this goofy 600% comment, the blog title was more of a joke. We all know he didnt vote on it, and his tone and comments were insulting (hehe, I'd know). And the tone he and others on council have used is the 'clear message' that was sent, and LB heard it loud and clear. This innocent act and crying foul just isnt selling, especially based on his earlier quotes.
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